Thursday 11th August 2022

Finding a little peace in our crazy world. Let nature be the catalyst to awaken your senses with a guided walk that invigorates your mind and strips back life to its core purpose. The View Over the Wall Experience helps you connect with nature, creativity, heritage, and wellbeing while walking through some of Whitstable’s landscapes.

£5 per person turn up on the day or secure your place by emailing simon@simonpollard.uk 

A free-play nature session in a private woodland. Children can immerse themselves in Nature play in a dedicated outdoor learning environment. 

Please note there is uneven terrain unsuitable for pushchairs or wheelchairs baby slings are advised. Suitable for 0-5 years £5 per child 15-20 spaces

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To book email wildplaynaturesway@aol.com or message via Facebook.

Discover more about East Kent's incredible marine environment at Long Rock on Tuesday 9th and Thursday 11th August. There will be a stall with information and a dry exhibit to display some of the amazing things you can find along our coast.

Free no booking required.

Enjoy a morning of nature-based fun in the garden including going on a bug hunt and making an insect hotel.

Suitable for all ages and abilities.

No booking is required.

There are Caterpillars in Whitstable that feed in the stems and roots of the plants and we need your help to find them by hunting for their poo!

We are Butterfly Conservation, working on a Kent specific moth project (Kent’s Magnificent Moths). We are working throughout Kent to de-bunk myths on moths, they aren’t all boring pests that munch on your jumpers!! In fact only one species out of 2500 UK moth species eat clothes!!!
The Tankerton slopes are home to a rare moth that in Britain, it is only found in North Essex and Kent!
The caterpillars are dependent on one particular plant; Hog’s Fennel, which also has a very limited distribution and is at risk from sea-level rise! The caterpillars feed in the stems and roots of the plants and we need your help to find evidence of the caterpillars' presence by searching for signs of feeding by looking for frass volcanoes or piles of caterpillar poo!
This fits in perfectly with a local beach clean as they are a coastal specialised species, needing clean beaches and a good habitat as this is one of the only places they can be found, so let’s work together to survey them and then protect them for the future!
We hope to see you there! Free no need to book.

Join Bird Wise East Kent for a walk around Long Rock, to discover the birds and other wildlife around this unique site. 

An hour long walk around Long Rock, looking at the unique site and the wildlife on offer here. The site is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSI), being used as an important roosting site for coastal birds, as well as home to the iconic water vole, and the fisher’s estuarine moth which feeds on a rare plant, hog’s fennel. Let’s see what we can find on our walk! Please wear sturdy footwear and clothing that is appropriate for the weather on the day - don’t forget about suncream! If you have a pair of binoculars we recommend bringing them, but we do have a few spare pairs. 

We will be walking along an uneven footpath and on a stony beach.

Free open to all ages 20 spaces available

Please book online here: https://eastkent.birdwise.org.uk/events/waterbirds-of-whitstable-walk/

Come and find out about the importance of urban trees, and learn some fun techniques for identifying and mapping the street trees in Whitstable. Bring a smart phone if you have one. 

Suitable for eveyone 7+ it will involve a gentle stroll.

Free no booking required, simply turn up.

Visit Whitstable Museum to view a display about the nationally rare plant, Hog’s fennel, and the moths that depend on it and a display of some other plants found along the seashore between Faversham Creek, Whitstable, and Long Rock SSSI. An exhibition of Kent seaweeds including information on the history and uses of seaweeds will be displayed in the Museum later in the year.

Photo by Sue Carfrae